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Merril E. Willis came from Nashville, TN. His father Stephen Willis and his two brothers came to America from England with the Puritans. Their father was the Earl of Eckelstone. Stephen and his two brothers were lawful heirs to a portion of the Eckelstone estate, but they never set claim to it. Merril E. Willis married Margaret Cherry of English descent.
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Jay Andrews
↑ First-hand information as remembered by Erica Fox, Thursday, May 8, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
The Genealogical Record of Parley Willis, born June 7, 1885 in Snowflake, Arizona to John Henry Willis anf Francis Reeves (nee 14 June 1840 in Falls Green, Shropshire, England)
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The top part says he was the son of Thomas Willis, but in the Biography says his father was Stephen Willis of which there is not a Stephen Willis listed in the family?